3. Sheila Buckley, ‘The truth about John and me’, Woman magazine, 30th October 1976, pages 9–11.
4. Piers Akerman, ‘Slab of Concrete Murder Clue to Lost MP’, The Sun, 12th December 1974, page 7.
5. D.E.R. Moore to Mr Winters, 29th August 1975, The National Archives File FCO 53/435, Document 347.
6. ‘Disclosed – facts of lost MP’s insurance’, Sunday Express, 15th December 1974, page 1.
7. Richard Stott, ‘Stonehouse Security Sensation’, Daily Mirror, 16th December 1974, page 1.
8. Richard Stott, ‘MP was Named as Spy Contact’, Daily Mirror, 17th December 1974, pages 1–2.
9. David Thompson, ‘Wilson: Defector Did Name Lost MP’, Daily Mirror, 18th December 1974, page 2.
10. Stewart Steven, ‘The spy and Mr Stonehouse’, Daily Mail, 18th December 1974, page 6.
Chapter 9
1. John Stonehouse, Death of an Idealist, London: WH Allen, 1975, page 195.
2. John Stonehouse, My Trial, London: Star Books, 1976, page 194.
3. Caroline Gay, witness statement 5th June 1975, pages 2 and 3, The National Archives File J 267/707.
4. Detective Senior Sergeant Hugh Morris, witness statement, 23rd October 1975, page 2, The National Archives File J 267/707.
5. Detective Sergeant John Coffey, witness statement, 23rd October 1975, pages 11, 7, 6–7, The National Archives File J 267/707.
6. Detective Senior Sergeant Hugh Morris, witness statement 23rd October 1975, page 4, The National Archives File J 267/707.
7. Daily Mail, 27th December 1974, page 3.
8. Detective Sergeant John Coffey, witness statement, 23rd October 1975, page 7, The National Archives File J 267/707.
9. John Stonehouse, Death of an Idealist, London: WH Allen, 1975, page 213.
10. Detective Sergeant John Coffey, witness statement, 23rd October 1975, page 1, The National Archives File J 267/707.
11. Ibid, page 11.
12. Detective Chief Superintendent Kenneth Etheridge, witness statement regarding interview of Sheila Buckley 29th–30th January, 13th March 1975, pages 4–5, The National Archives File J 267/707.
13. Ibid, pages 6–7.
14. Ibid, pages 7–8.
15. Ibid, pages 8–11.
16. Sheila Buckley, ‘The truth about John and me’ (Part 2), Woman magazine, 6th November 1976, page 18.
17. Detective Chief Inspector Barbara Tilley, witness statement, 8th January 1975, pages 1–2, The National Archives File J 267/707.
18. Detective Sergeant John Coffey, witness statement, 23rd October 1975, page 9, The National Archives File J 267/707.
19. Ibid.
20. Detective Senior Sergeant Hugh Morris, witness statement, 23rd October 1975, page 4, The National Archives File J 267/707.
Chapter 10
1. Paul Hopkins, ‘Why I Came to Hate England’, Daily Express, 27th December 1974, page 1.
2. Janice Morley, ‘I’ll fly out if he wants’, Daily Mail, 27th December 1974, page 2.
3. ‘Surprise! Surprise! John Stonehouse lives’, Daily Mail, 27th December 1974, page 6.
4. Harry Longmuir and Peter Birkett, ‘Yard Ready to Fly Stonehouse Home’, Daily Mail, 28th December 1974, page 1.
5. John Dale and Jon Ryan, ‘“Blackmail? Well, massive pressure”’, Daily Mail, 28th December 1974, page 1.
6. Clem Davenport, witness statement, 15th January 1975, pages 2–3, The National Archives file J 267/707.
7. John F.W. Mulcahy, witness statement, 4th July 1975, page 5, The National Archives file J 267/707.
8. Detective Inspector David Townley, witness statement, 30th October 1975, page 2, The National Archives File J 267/707.
Chapter 11
1. Tony Benn, Against the Tide Diaries 1973–76, London: Arrow Books, 1991, page 272.
2. Maurice Edelman, ‘Conduct unbecoming’, Daily Mail, 28th December 1974, page 6.
3. Ibid, page 6.
4. Peter Burden, ‘Come home Stonehouse’, Daily Mail, 2nd January 1975, page 13.
5. Harry Longmuir, ‘What “S” wrote to Stonehouse’, Daily Mail, 6th January 1975, pages 1–2.
6. Paul Hopkins, ‘My Dirty Trick, By Stonehouse’, Daily Express, 6th January 1975, page 1.
7. Ibid.
8. Auberon Waugh, Private Eye, 10th January 1975, Edition 340, page 20.
9. J.M. Hay of British High Commission, Canberra, to P.G. de Courcy-Ireland of Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 28th January 1975, The National Archives File FCO 53/433.
10. A.R. Clark, 4th February 1975, The National Archives File FCO 53/433, Document 98.
11. Sir Thomas Brimelow, 6th February 1975, on A.R. Clark, 4th February 1975, The National Archives File FCO 53/433, Document 98.
12. Public Library of US Diplomacy, 20th January 1975, Canonical ID: 1975CANBER00425_b.
13. John Stonehouse letter to Edward Short, Leader of the House of Commons, 13th January 1975, First Report from the Select Committee on the Right Honourable Member for Walsall, North, Session 1974–75, London: HMSO, 11th March 1975, pages 8–9.
14. Public Library of US Diplomacy, 14th January 1975, Canonical ID: 1975LONDON00579_b.
15. John Stonehouse letter to Edward Short, Leader of the House of Commons, 16th January 1975, First Report from the Select Committee on the Right Honourable Member for Walsall, North, Session 1974–75, London: HMSO, 11th March 1975, pages 9–10.
16. John Stonehouse letter to Edward Short, Leader of the House of Commons, 13th January 1975, First Report from the Select Committee on the Right Honourable Member for Walsall, North, Session 1974–75, London: HMSO, 11th March 1975, page 8.
17. ‘Stonehouse “Like Maniac”’, Evening News, 16th January 1975, page 1.
18. Edward Short letter to John Stonehouse, 21st January 1975, First Report from the Select Committee on the Right Honourable Member for Walsall, North, Session 1974–75, London: HMSO, 11th March 1975, page 10.
19. Bernard Levin, ‘John Stonehouse: call off the Labour pack’, The Times, 21st January 1975, page 14.
20. Andrew Alexander, ‘Wrong time and place?’, Daily Mail, 29th January 1975, page 8.
21. First Report from the Select Committee on the Right Honourable Member for Walsall, North, Session 1974–75, London: HMSO, 11th March 1975, pages 3, 7.
22. John Stonehouse letter to George Strauss, 18th February 1975, First Report from the Select Committee on the Right Honourable Member for Walsall, North, Session 1974–75, London: HMSO, 11th March 1975, pages 12–13.
23. Quoted in letter from E.J. Bunting, Australian High Commission, London, to Select Committee, 27th February 1975, in First Report from the Select Committee on the Right Honourable Member for Walsall, North, Session 1974–75, London: HMSO, 11th March 1975, page 13.
24. Note to letter from E.J. Bunting, Australian High Commission, London, to Select Committee, 27th February 1975, in First Report from the Select Committee on the Right Honourable Member for Walsall, North, Session 1974–75, London: HMSO, 11th March 1975, page 13.
25. John Stonehouse, ‘The Man I’d Been Was A Broken Useless, Pathetic Sham. He Had To Die’, News of the World, 16th March 1975, page 3.
Chapter 12
1. Trudi Pacter, ‘How I helped Stonehouse, by wife he betrayed’, The Sunday Express, 17th April 1988.
2. Betty Boothroyd, Betty Boothroyd: The Autobiography, London: Arrow Books/The Random House Group, 2002, page 153.
3. Sheila Buckley, ‘The truth about John and me’ (Part 2), Woman magazine, 6th November 1976, page 50.
4. Ibid, page 62.
5. Ibid, page 65.
6. Ian Ward, ‘Stonehouse Had Secretary’s Clothes Sent On’, Daily Telegraph, 12th February 1975, page 3.
7. Ibid.
8. Harry Longmuir and Rupert Massey, ‘The love trap triangle’, Daily Mail, 13th February 1975, page 8.
9. Judge Eveleigh, Summing-Up at the Old Bailey, Monday 2nd August 1976, The National Archives File J 82/3714, page 21.
10. Ibid
, page 22.
11. Judge Eveleigh, Summing-Up (continuation) at the Old Bailey, Wednesday 4th August 1976, page 34, The National Archives File J 82/3714.
12. Ian Ward, ‘Secretary’s secret Copenhagen days with Stonehouse’, Daily Telegraph, 25th February 1975, page 15.
13. Sheila Buckley, ‘The truth about John and me’, Woman magazine, 30th October 1976, page 10.
14. ‘He needs me now says Mrs Stonehouse’, Daily Mail, 22th March 1975, page 1.
15. Richard Stott, ‘MP in New Spy Probe’, Daily Mirror, 24th March 1975, page 1.
16. Sheila Buckley, ‘The truth about John and me’ (Part 2), Woman magazine, 6th November 1976, page 18.
17. Peter Deeley, ‘Mrs Stonehouse talks about “John’s cracking point”: The Runaway MP’, The Observer, 8th June 1975, page 5.
18. Sheila Buckley, ‘The truth about John and me’, Woman magazine, 30th October 1976, pages 8, 11, 23.
19. Ibid, pages 23 and 28.
Chapter 13
1. John Stonehouse letter to Edward Short, 26th January 1975, First Report from the Select Committee on the Right Honourable Member for Walsall, North, Session 1974–75, London: HMSO, 11th March 1975, page 10.
2. J.S. Dixon to Mr C.P. Scott, 13th February 1975, The National Archives File FCO 53/434, Document 107, page 1.
3. Telex from O’Leary, 17th February 1975, The National Archives File FCO 53/434, Document 111.
4. J.S. Dixon to Mr Hawley, 28th February 1975, page 1, The National Archives File FCO 53/434.
5. John Stonehouse letter to Swedish prime minister, 4th March 1975, in ‘Second Report from the Select Committee on the Right Honourable Member for Walsall, North, Session 1974–75’, London: HMSO, 6th May 1975, page 2.
6. Second Report from the Select Committee on the Right Honourable Member for Walsall, North, Session 1974–75, London: HMSO, 6th May 1975, page 1.
7. G.L. Scullard, British Embassy, Washington, to Robin Blair, 2nd April 1975, The National Archives File FCO 53/434, Document 175.
8. J.S. Dixon to G.L. Scullard, 8th April 1975, The National Archives File FCO 53/434.
9. Telex from J.S. Dixon to Port Louis, Mauritius, 19th March 1975, The National Archives File FCO 53/434, page 1.
10. James telex to Port Louis, 12th April 1975, The National Archives File FCO 53/434, Document 186.
11. Downing Street letter, 12th April 1975, The National Archives File FCO 53/434, Document 192, page 1.
12. Fourth Report from the Select Committee on the Right Honourable Member for Walsall, North, Session 1974–75, London: HMSO, 10th June 1975, pages iii, x.
13. John Stonehouse letter to George Strauss, Chairman of the Select Committee, 30th May 1975, Fourth Report from the Select Committee on the Right Honourable Member for Walsall, North, Session 1974–75, London: HMSO, 10th June 1975, page vi.
14. Barbara Stonehouse quoted in Peter Deeley, ‘Mrs Stonehouse talks about “John’s cracking point”’, The Observer, 8th June 1975, page 5.
15. Cabinet Minutes 10 Downing Street, 9th June 1975, 11.30am, The National Archives File CAB 128/56/26, pages 1–2.
16. A.A. Bartholomew, letter to Deputy Director General, Social Welfare Department, Melbourne, 11th June 1975, in The National Archives File J 82/3714.
17. John Stonehouse, My Trial, London: Star Books, 1976, page 47.
Chapter 14
1. ‘In the streets of indifference, the Rt Hon Member for Walsall North returns after nearly 11 months …’, Daily Express, 8th September 1975, page 9.
2. ‘Lawyer who helped MP dies’, Daily Mail, 6th October 1975, page 10.
3. John Stonehouse, Death of an Idealist, London: WH Allen, 1975, pages 152–3.
4. Ibid, pages 154–5.
5. Ibid, page 158.
6. Ibid, page 72.
7. Justin Long, ‘Stonehouse attacks DPP’, The Financial Times, 6th April 1976, page 12.
8. Public Library of US Diplomacy, 8th April 1976, Canonical ID: 1976LONDON05424_b.
9. Geoffrey Robertson, The Justice Game, London: Chatto & Windus, 1998, page 66.
10. The Times, Daily Telegraph, Guardian, and The Sun, 28th July 1976.
11. Judge Edward Eveleigh, The National Archives File J 82/3714, 6th August 1976, ‘Sentence’, Pages 75–6.
Chapter 15
1. Geoffrey Robertson, The Justice Game, London: Chatto & Windus, 1998, pages 65, 68–9.
2. Judge Eveleigh, the Old Bailey, Friday 6th August 1976, The National Archives File J 82/3714, pages 80–81.
3. Judge Eveleigh, Summing-Up at the Old Bailey, Tuesday 3rd August 1976, The National Archives File J 82/3714, pages 17, 56.
4. Ian Ward, ‘Stonehouse Had Secretary’s Clothes Sent On’, Daily Telegraph, 12th February 1975, page 3. (In later editions titled ‘Stonehouse shipped secretary’s clothes three months ago’, page 15.)
5. Richard Stott, ‘The night Stonehouse danced with Sheila’s undies’, Daily Mirror, 31st October 1975, page 5; Paul Hopkins, ‘Runaway MP’s “petticoat polka”’, Daily Express, 31st October 1975, page 3.
6. Ian Henry Ward, Statement 14th July 1975, page 7, National Archives File J 267/707.
7. John Stonehouse quoted in Judge Eveleigh’s Summing-Up at the Old Bailey, Wednesday 4th August 1976, The National Archives File J 82/3714, page 23.
8. Ian Henry Ward, Statement 14th July 1975, page 7, National Archives File J 267/707.
9. Robert Rowland Hill quoted in Judge Eveleigh’s Summing-up (continuation) on Wednesday 4th August 1976 at the Old Bailey, The National Archives File J 82/3714, page 34.
10. Judge Eveleigh, Summing-Up at the Old Bailey, Monday 2nd August 1976, The National Archives File J 82/3714, page 24.
11. ‘Runaway MP “not insane”’, Guardian, 22nd July 1976.
12. Judge Eveleigh, Summing-Up at the Old Bailey, Monday 2nd August 1976, The National Archives File J 82/3714, page 23.
13. Dr Gibney quoted in Judge Eveleigh’s Summing-Up at the Old Bailey, Wednesday 4th August 1976, The National Archives File J 82/3714, page 27.
14. Judge Eveleigh, Summing-Up at the Old Bailey, Wednesday 4th August 1976, The National Archives File J 82/3714, page 27.
15. Dr Gibney quoted in Judge Eveleigh’s Summing-Up at the Old Bailey, Wednesday 4th August 1976, The National Archives File J 82/3714, page 27.
16. Judge Eveleigh Summing-Up at the Old Bailey, Wednesday 4th August 1976, The National Archives File J 82/3714, page 27.
17. Dr Heywood quoted in Judge Eveleigh’s Summing-Up at the Old Bailey, Wednesday 4th August 1976, The National Archives File J 82/3714, page 29.
18. Judge Eveleigh, Summing-Up at the Old Bailey, Wednesday 4th August 1976, The National Archives File J 82/3714, page 30.
19. Professor Watson quoted in Judge Eveleigh’s Summing-Up at the Old Bailey, Wednesday 4th August 1976, The National Archives File J 82/3714, page 30.
20. Dr R.D. Laing quoted in Judge Eveleigh’s Summing-Up at the Old Bailey, Wednesday 4th August 1976, The National Archives File J 82/3714, page 32.
21. Kenneth Clarke, ‘I’d Cover for Him Again if I Had To, Says Mrs Buckley’, Daily Telegraph, 21st July 1976.
22. Ann Morrow, ‘Like a head girl, with Alice band and freckles’, Daily Telegraph, 21st July 1976.
23. James Lewthwaite, ‘Flight From Ruin’, The Sun, 29th April 1976, page 5.
24. Michael Sherrard, London Capital Group (formerly British Bangladesh Trust Limited): investigation under section 165 (b) of the Companies Act, London: H.M.S.O., pages 37–8.
25. Judge Eveleigh, Sentencing Statement, Friday 6th August 1976 at the Old Bailey, The National Archives File J 82/3714, pages 77–8.
26. Sheila Buckley, ‘The truth about John and me’, Woman magazine, 30th October 1976, page 8.
27. Judge Eveleigh, Sentencing Statement, Friday 6th August 1976 at the Old Bailey, The National Archives File J 82/3714, pages 77–8.
28. Judge Eveleigh, Summing-Up at the Old Bailey, Monday 2nd August 1976, The National Archives File J 8
2/3714, page 10.
29. Regina v. Stonehouse 4265/R/76, Appendix 1: Sequence of Events, The National Archives file J 82/3714, page 3.
30. Ibid, page 4.
31. Geoffrey Robertson, The Justice Game, London: Chatto & Windus, 1998, page 66.
32. Judge Eveleigh, Summing-up at the Old Bailey on Tuesday 3rd August, The National Archives File J 82/3714, page 51.
33. John Stonehouse quoted in Judge Eveleigh’s Summing-Up at the Old Bailey, Wednesday 4th August 1976, The National Archives File J 82/3714, page 14.
34. Judge Eveleigh, Summing-Up at the Old Bailey, Wednesday 4th August 1976, The National Archives File J 82/3714, page 14.
35. John Stonehouse quoted in Judge Eveleigh’s Summing-Up at the Old Bailey, Wednesday 4th August 1976, The National Archives File J 82/3714, page 15.
36. Judge Eveleigh, Summing-Up at the Old Bailey, Monday 2nd August 1976, The National Archives File J 82/3714, page 13.
37. Lord Salmon, in ‘Director of Public Prosecutions v Stonehouse: HL 1977’, References: [1978] AC 55, [1977] 2 All ER 909, (1977) 65 Cr App R 192, Coram: Lord Dilhorne, Lord Edmund-Davies, Lord Diplock.
38. Judge Eveleigh, 5th August 1976, The National Archives File J 82/3714, page 63.
39. Paul Hopkins, ‘Why I’ll Divorce John’, Daily Express, 6th August 1976, page 1.
40. Ian Henry Ward, Statement 14th July 1975, pages 8–9, National Archives File J 267/707.
41. Judge Eveleigh, Sentence Statement at the Old Bailey, Friday 6th August 1976, The National Archives File J 82/3714, page 76.
42. ‘Notification of Result of Application to the Full Court’, 24th and 25th January 1977, The National Archives File J 82/3714. Also, 27th January 1977: ‘The application for leave to appeal upon the remaining counts having been abandoned by counsel in Court’.
43. Letter from Francis E. Eteng, Senior Medical Officer, Blundeston Prison, to Criminal Appeal Office, pages 1–2, 21st December 1976, The National Archives File J 82/3714.
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